Top Senior IT Jobs in Des Moines, IA

Leads Engine’s distributed IT organization and modernizes its IT function. Responsibilities include managing engineers and support analysts, improving device lifecycle and endpoint security, architecting Okta-based identity and automation, overseeing onboarding and offboarding, establishing support SLAs, partnering with Security and People teams, reducing technical debt, and delivering cross-functional technology programs. The role is hands-on, combining strategic leadership with technical troubleshooting and execution.

Lead a globally distributed IT engineering team building enterprise integrations, workflow automation, orchestration, and AI-native workflows. Set technical direction, establish roadmaps, manage delivery metrics, and partner with business and service operations leaders to eliminate manual work. Guide engineers on architecture, CI/CD, testing, and development practices while evaluating emerging automation and AI tools. Build integrations across identity, ITSM, SaaS, and enterprise systems, and grow team capabilities across US and India time zones.

Own day-to-day IT and information security operations for a fully remote Mac fleet. Responsibilities include endpoint lifecycle management, identity and access administration, Google Workspace, helpdesk support, asset coordination, CrowdStrike EDR monitoring, DLP controls, Datadog SIEM alerting, security hygiene, access reviews, and SOC 2 and PCI evidence collection. The role requires autonomous ownership, automation, clear documentation, cross-functional collaboration, and approximately 4–6 years of experience beyond ticket-only support.

Manage IT infrastructure, ensure data center runs smoothly, lead a team of engineers, plan capacity growth, and handle vendor relations.

Develop and maintain enterprise ServiceNow solutions for VA network operations, including ITOM, CMDB, Discovery, Service Mapping, workflows, integrations, automation, dashboards, and scoped applications. Improve configuration data quality, support Incident, Change, Problem, and Configuration Management, create technical documentation, provide training, and assist with platform governance, modernization, escalations, and major incidents.

Leads global IT internal audits, SOX testing, control assessments, audit reporting, remediation tracking, and co-sourced team management. Evaluates ITGCs, application controls, ERP, cloud, cybersecurity, data governance, OT/ICS, third-party risks, and digital transformation initiatives. Develops audit methodologies, supports risk assessment and audit planning, reviews SOC 1 reports, and presents findings to senior leadership and external auditors.

Leads national IT and non-clinical recruiting operations, manages and develops recruiters, establishes KPIs, monitors production, improves staffing processes, and partners with sales and account management to fulfill client hiring needs.

Serve as a senior database administrator supporting enterprise SQL Server and Oracle environments. Responsibilities include database design, configuration, performance optimization, backups and restores, high availability, disaster recovery, security, data governance, reporting, capacity planning, troubleshooting, patching, and system monitoring. The role also involves stakeholder coordination, technical planning, client interaction, continuity exercises, and support for distributed systems and SQL clusters.

Manages complex government IT task orders supporting the Defense Logistics Agency. Coordinates stakeholders, schedules, technical delivery, Agile adoption, governance, metrics, portfolio processes, and cross-team collaboration. Coaches teams, removes blockers, manages backlogs and user stories with Product Owners, supports quality testing, and drives organizational change toward Agile and Lean practices.

Administer enterprise Oracle and SQL Server databases, ensuring availability, performance, security, backup and disaster recovery readiness. Design and maintain databases, configure access methods, troubleshoot systems, support high-availability clusters, perform capacity planning, and manage data governance documentation. Provide reporting and analytics support, stakeholder coordination, application connectivity assistance, and local or remote maintenance across multiple locations. The role also includes technical leadership, database programming support, continuity planning, and issue triage.

Designs and executes integration, acceptance, system, regression, end-to-end, performance, and automated software tests. Develops test scripts, frameworks, test data, and documentation; analyzes security and evaluates results against requirements and design. Integrates automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and maintains test cases using tools such as Selenium, Cypress, Appium, or Robot Framework. Requires five or more years of testing and automation experience, relevant technical certification, and IT-II clearance or current NACLC.

Edits, rewrites, proofreads, and formats technical documentation and customer deliverables. Creates executive-level PowerPoint presentations, graphics, manuals, reports, and instructional materials. Maintains SharePoint sites, document repositories, and knowledge management systems. Supports document tracking, information organization, quality control, dissemination, stakeholder communications, and process improvement for the Defense Logistics Agency.

Serves as Scrum Master for cross-functional Agile teams supporting the Defense Logistics Agency. Facilitates Scrum ceremonies, coaches teams and Product Owners, manages backlogs, dependencies, risks, impediments, metrics, releases, and stakeholder communications. Supports Agile reporting, PMO documentation, QA/UAT, technical delivery, DevSecOps integration, user documentation, data cleanup, and continuous improvement using tools such as Jira, Confluence, SharePoint, and ServiceNow SPM.

Develop and integrate production AI/ML capabilities into Oracle E-Business Suite on OCI for federal financial management. Build NLP and document-processing solutions, REST API integrations, ML lifecycle workflows, cognitive performance metrics, and data-mining capabilities. Participate in SAFe Agile delivery, author user stories, support DevSecOps integration, resolve technical impediments, and contribute to transition and knowledge-transfer materials. The role requires collaboration with architecture, product, and government teams in a cleared defense environment.

Manage complex cloud and Oracle EBS ERP projects for the Defense Logistics Agency from initiation through closeout. Lead cross-functional technical and Agile teams, oversee schedules, resources, risks, issues, scope, quality, documentation, governance, and change control. Coordinate stakeholders and corporate functions, support continuous improvement, and identify opportunities to deliver additional customer value.

Designs and implements cybersecurity strategies for a DoD Zero Trust program. Leads RMF activities to obtain an ATO, assesses and mitigates security risks, develops security policies, supports incident response and vulnerability testing, and ensures compliance with DoD controls. The architect collaborates with government customers and technical stakeholders, presents cyber risks, mentors junior professionals, and integrates security across enterprise systems, networks, and applications.

Leads AWS platform strategy, governance, architecture, security, scalability, reliability, and operational health. Manages and develops an AWS engineering team, drives Agile delivery with Product Owners, establishes engineering and security standards, oversees integrations, upgrades, monitoring, incidents, and technical debt, and partners with business and technology teams to deliver automation and scalable enterprise capabilities.

Oversee strategic procurement and category management for IT goods and services, including hardware, software, cloud, and telecommunications. Develop sourcing strategies, manage supplier relationships and performance, negotiate contracts, analyze third-party spend, mitigate supply-chain and cybersecurity risks, and drive preferred-supplier adoption. Partner with IT, Finance, Legal, Operations, HR, and Project Management to align procurement strategies with business goals, improve cost efficiency, ensure compliance, and implement continuous improvement initiatives.

Lead the strategy, architecture, and implementation of enterprise AI-assisted software development. Evaluate and operationalize AI tools, LLM frameworks, and RAG solutions; establish development practices, quality standards, and adoption roadmaps; and build engineering capability through hiring, coaching, education, and change management. Guide full SDLC delivery across distributed teams, integrate AI into software engineering workflows, and translate internal capabilities into customer-facing offerings while supporting cloud, DevSecOps, security, and compliance requirements.

Build and operate event-driven data pipelines processing healthcare claims data for fraud, waste, and abuse detection. Operationalize validated fraud signals, maintain alert delivery and partner dashboards, monitor pipeline reliability, and collaborate with data architects, scientists, and investigative teams. The role requires production-scale pipeline engineering using AWS, Snowflake, Python, and SQL in a fully remote environment.

Leads parallel customer AI/ML solution design engagements from discovery through proposal. Architects enterprise solutions involving predictive analytics, NLP, computer vision, and generative AI; provides cost-benefit and TCO analysis; identifies risks and dependencies; and collaborates with Agile, system architecture, and DevSecOps teams to deploy governed, explainable, and monitored AI/ML systems.

Leads product strategy, vision, roadmap, prioritization, and backlog management within a scaled SAFe environment. Translates business requirements into epics, features, and stories; facilitates PI Planning; collaborates with stakeholders, Agile Release Trains, engineering, compliance, security, and business teams; monitors product performance; manages risks and dependencies; and promotes Agile maturity using VersionOne.

Manage multiple federal IT projects from concept through implementation, coordinating developers, data teams, subject matter experts, and agency stakeholders. Apply Agile and Scrum methods while managing requirements, schedules, budgets, risks, dependencies, testing, and releases. Support enterprise reporting and data initiatives using SAP BusinessObjects and WebI, with knowledge of databases and data integration. Work independently in a fully remote role and maintain alignment with federal standards and regulations.

Manage and scale global Apple and Windows endpoint fleets using Jamf and Intune. Develop scalable device-management runbooks for M&A, enforce security baselines, support systems integration, lead technical projects, resolve cross-functional workflow issues, and participate in IT escalation support. The role requires expertise in cloud platforms, identity and SSO, API integrations, endpoint compliance, security frameworks, regulatory requirements, and IT strategy.

Designs, deploys, and integrates secure enterprise applications, identity solutions, APIs, middleware, and cloud or on-premises services. Develops Zero Trust architectures aligned with NIST, FISMA, and organizational security standards. Implements authentication and authorization using IAM technologies, documents system workflows and dependencies, troubleshoots complex integrations, embeds security controls, and supports audits and compliance activities. Requires strong systems integration, networking, enterprise security, leadership, communication, and documentation skills.